Declamation is the interpretation and presentation of a non-original speech. These speeches may be historical (Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech, etc.), adapted from magazine articles, or any number of other adaptations of non-original material.
Time limit is 7 minutes.
It is not memorized - a script in your black book is used.
You must have a brief, memorized introduction.
For Competition, stay away from speeches that:
Are overdone or cliché (JFK Inaguration, MLK “I Have a Dream”, etc.)
That don’t fit you as a performer. (i.e. don’t do a speech that is presented by a Hispanic male if you are a white female.)
Declamation is the interpretation and presentation of a non-original speech. These speeches may be historical (Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech, etc.), adapted from magazine articles, or any number of other adaptations of non-original material.
For Competition, stay away from speeches that:
Where to find speeches:
Famous Speeches
Online:
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm
http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/previous.htm
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/speeches/speeches.cfm
http://www.memorablequotations.com/famousspeeches.htm
http://www.douglassarchives.org/
http://gos.sbc.edu/ (women’s speeches)